A red-brick utopia: London's Warner Estate – in pictures

A red-brick utopia: London's Warner Estate – in pictures

Artists Lucy Harrison and Katherine Green have gathered images from residents of Waltham Forest’s Warner Estate taken over the course of a century – it’s an area now being radically changed by gentrification

Fireworks, Diana Road, 1950s

Harrison says: ‘These outstanding photographs show an era when working-class families could live comfortably in stable accommodation, enjoying their homes and community life. The images provide a stark contrast with the conditions in the rented sector for families like this today’

First world war street party, Courtenay Road

‘We met a few people who have lived here their whole lives. One 80-year-old woman still lives in the home that she was born in. A lot of people who grew up here are still renting here: they may have moved house, but they are still in the estate. There is an amazing sense of community spirit. People really do feel like it is part of the identity of Waltham Forest’